Your Ultimate Guide To Marvel’s Star Wars Comics

Unless you’ve been living on another planet for the past 24 months you would know that the world is gripped in a Star Wars fever which hasn’t been since the release of The Phantom Menace. With The Force Awakens being such a hit, it’s hard to not see why everyone is so excited.

Marvel Comics are doing their part to give your Star Wars hit with their series of Star Wars comics which capture the essence of the original trilogy (with a few set before or after it) with a sense of adventure and fun. What’s even better is that Marvel have made a conscience effort to put some of their best writers and artists on these books, making them very enjoyable reads. Throw in the fact that all of these comics are part of official Star Wars canon and it’s no wonder they’ve been some of the publisher’s biggest selling comics.

If you haven’t had a chance to read any of Marvel’s Star Wars comics then the Ultimate Guide To Marvel’s Star Wars Comics aims to give you all the details you need to go out and read them. I’ve tried to make it as easy and helpful as possible by splitting it up into ongoing titles, miniseries and also different periods in the Star Wars timeline so you can find the right fit for you.

The Ultimate Guide To Marvel’s Star Wars Comics will be updated regularly with new information when it comes to hand from new comics and creators, to release dates of trade paperbacks and digital links. If you see any information that’s wrong or needs updating please let me know in a friendly manner and I’ll make sure to fix it right away.

Why Only Marvel’s Star Wars Comics?

This guide only includes the new Marvel Star Wars comics. This doesn’t include any Star Wars comics from the 1970/80s, this cool Korean webcomic, those published by Dark Horse Comics, or the subsequent reprints from Marvel under the Legends banner. This is mostly because it’s not considered by Lucasfilm and Disney to be canon any more*.

* Note: As commenter Raiden has noted, there is one comic which stayed in continuity which is Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir as it is based on unproduced scripts of Star Wars: Clone Wars.

Ongoing – Set Between A New Hope And The Empire Strikes Back

There are currently two Star Wars ongoing comics set after A New Hope which are Star Wars and Darth Vader. Both of these series run closely together for the first 6 issues, but can be read independently without any confusion.

Miniseries – Set Between A New Hope And The Empire Strikes Back

Along with the two ongoing series, Star Wars and Darth Vader, Marvel have been released a string of miniseries between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. These are all self-contained and don’t require you to be reading the other Star Wars comics.

Star Wars: Princess Leia

Written by Mark Waid. Art by Terry Dodson.

The 5-part Leia-centric miniseries explores how the princess copes with the destruction of Alderaan and how she tries to find her place within the universe.

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Trevor Van As is the founder of How to Love Comics and has loved comics all his life. When he's not reading or talking about comics he can be found eating frozen yogurt and dancing like no one is watching.

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Comments (23)

It’s really odd that Marvel doesn’t have a resource like this, as Dark Horse used to. As a completist TPB collector, I am grateful for your efforts. I already missed the C-3PO one shot, and won’t make the same mistake on the Cassian issue. Cheers!

So the new Darth Vader comic in 2017 will have the exact same name as the previous Vader comic and start from number 1 again? That’s going to be confusing for anyone who hasn’t already got the original Darth Vader

The annuals are original stories which kind of push the story forward and are also side stories. The Star Wars annuals are about a rebel agents and are more side story. If you want you can skip them without missing any major plot point. The Darth Vader annual is more build-up to an upcoming story, which again is optional but you get plenty of Vader action.

Thank you very much! I’m a youth services librarian, and the comics are very popular at our libraries. I order the collections, but it’s difficult to find the titles of the collections. This is very helpful!

mum told me the star wars comics marvel made the first time round in the 80’s are tie-ins as well, not sure if she’s right, but just in case, i’m trying to find a reading list for those one, think anyone can help?

Hey Chris, that’s right! Marvel did the original Star Wars comics back in the 80s. While they’re not considered canonical anymore their still worth checking out if you’re a Star Wars fan! Here’s a list of them all here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(comics)